John Autry
@johnautry.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, film fan, music aficionado, life long learner, and retired member of the NC House of Representatives.
November 13, 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. Carved into black granite are the 58,260 names of those Americans who died in Vietnam.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
November 13, 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. Carved into black granite are the 58,260 names of those Americans who died in Vietnam.
#VietnamVeteransMemorial #MayaLin
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November 13, 1974 - Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist (Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union) at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium fuels production plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, was killed in a one-car crash.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
November 13, 1974 - Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist (Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union) at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium fuels production plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, was killed in a one-car crash.
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#KarenSilkwood
11/13/1933 - The first recorded "sit-down" strike in the U.S. was staged by workers at the Hormel Packing Company in Austin, Minnesota. When the Independent Union of All Workers (IUAW) went on strike, the company tried to bring in scab (strike-breaking) workers.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
11/13/1933 - The first recorded "sit-down" strike in the U.S. was staged by workers at the Hormel Packing Company in Austin, Minnesota. When the Independent Union of All Workers (IUAW) went on strike, the company tried to bring in scab (strike-breaking) workers.
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#FirstSitDownStrike #Union
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#FirstSitDownStrike #Union
"Half the population spent almost nothing on health care, while 5 percent of the population accounted for half of spending, and 1 percent for more than a fifth."
The Republican Brain Doesn’t Want To Understand Health Care
For 15 years we have heard the same lies and misrepresentations
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November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Half the population spent almost nothing on health care, while 5 percent of the population accounted for half of spending, and 1 percent for more than a fifth."
Happy Birthday to Neil Young, born this day in 1945.
Of all his work, "Tonight's The Night" is my favorite.
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Of all his work, "Tonight's The Night" is my favorite.
#NeilYoung #TonightsTheNight #BernardShakey
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Happy Birthday to Neil Young, born this day in 1945.
Of all his work, "Tonight's The Night" is my favorite.
#NeilYoung #TonightsTheNight #BernardShakey
Of all his work, "Tonight's The Night" is my favorite.
#NeilYoung #TonightsTheNight #BernardShakey
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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"Tucked within that last appropriation is a measure that allows the eight Republican senators whose phone logs were seized during former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to sue the government for up to $500,000 apiece."
November 10, 2025
Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Tucked within that last appropriation is a measure that allows the eight Republican senators whose phone logs were seized during former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to sue the government for up to $500,000 apiece."
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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11/10/1924-The Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the U.S., was founded in Chicago by Henry Gerber, a German immigrant.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
11/10/1924-The Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the U.S., was founded in Chicago by Henry Gerber, a German immigrant.
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"Miles of Aisles" by Joni Mitchell released in November 1974.
#JoniMitchell #MilesOfAisles #VintageVinyl
#JoniMitchell #MilesOfAisles #VintageVinyl
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Miles of Aisles" by Joni Mitchell released in November 1974.
#JoniMitchell #MilesOfAisles #VintageVinyl
#JoniMitchell #MilesOfAisles #VintageVinyl
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane was released in November 1969.
#JeffersonAirplane #Volunteers #VintageVinyl
#JeffersonAirplane #Volunteers #VintageVinyl
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane was released in November 1969.
#JeffersonAirplane #Volunteers #VintageVinyl
#JeffersonAirplane #Volunteers #VintageVinyl
"Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" by Wu-Tang Clan released this day in 1993.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" by Wu-Tang Clan released this day in 1993.
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"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" by Derek and the Dominos was released this day in 1970.
Everyone should know who Tom Dowd is.
#DerekAndTheDominos #LaylaAndOtherAssortedLoveSongs
#EricClapton #DuaneAlman #BobbyWhitlock #JimGordan #CarlRadle #TomDowd #VintageVinyl
Everyone should know who Tom Dowd is.
#DerekAndTheDominos #LaylaAndOtherAssortedLoveSongs
#EricClapton #DuaneAlman #BobbyWhitlock #JimGordan #CarlRadle #TomDowd #VintageVinyl
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" by Derek and the Dominos was released this day in 1970.
Everyone should know who Tom Dowd is.
#DerekAndTheDominos #LaylaAndOtherAssortedLoveSongs
#EricClapton #DuaneAlman #BobbyWhitlock #JimGordan #CarlRadle #TomDowd #VintageVinyl
Everyone should know who Tom Dowd is.
#DerekAndTheDominos #LaylaAndOtherAssortedLoveSongs
#EricClapton #DuaneAlman #BobbyWhitlock #JimGordan #CarlRadle #TomDowd #VintageVinyl
Bob Gibson born this day in 1935.
"(Hank Aaron told me) 'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it.
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"(Hank Aaron told me) 'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it.
#BobGibson
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November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Bob Gibson born this day in 1935.
"(Hank Aaron told me) 'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it.
#BobGibson
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"(Hank Aaron told me) 'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it.
#BobGibson
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"The Hissing of Summer Lawns" by Joni Mitchell released in November 1975.
#JoniMitchell #TheHissingOfSummerLawns #VintageVinyl
#JoniMitchell #TheHissingOfSummerLawns #VintageVinyl
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"The Hissing of Summer Lawns" by Joni Mitchell released in November 1975.
#JoniMitchell #TheHissingOfSummerLawns #VintageVinyl
#JoniMitchell #TheHissingOfSummerLawns #VintageVinyl
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Watching Kathryn Bigelow's new film "A House Of Dynamite" you may find yourself imagining the current administration similarly challenged.
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Watch A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE | Netflix Official Site
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Watching Kathryn Bigelow's new film "A House Of Dynamite" you may find yourself imagining the current administration similarly challenged.
#AHouseOfDynamite
#AHouseOfDynamite
I’m on a 6 day streak! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#GetThePicture
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Go to AFI.com/get-the-picture to play Get the Picture!
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November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m on a 6 day streak! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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"Let It Bleed" by The Rolling Stones was released in the US in November 1969.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Let It Bleed" by The Rolling Stones was released in the US in November 1969.
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#TheRollingStones #LetItBleed #VintageVinyl